Tuesday, July 18, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (AEST)

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Teaching Skills to People with an Intellectual Disability

1 Day

This one-day introductory course is for people interested in developing the skills of individuals with intellectual disability. This course aligns well with the essential skills development component of the Centre’s Writing Positive Behaviour Plans course. Skill development theory covered in this course includes identifying key steps in teaching a skill, writing skill objectives and task analyses, understanding cues, prompts and reinforcement and creating a skill development plan.

Target audience

Direct support staff

Developers of positive behaviour support plans

Teams implementing positive behaviour supports

Learning objectives

After completing this training, participants should be able to:

Identify the key steps in developing a skills teaching plan

Clearly communicate how to teach individuals with intellectual disability new skills